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Richm Tangerine 4th-Period Fails Seals Nichols9 Touchdown Run Ends Indians9 Title Hopes I "No team deserves to win which can't suck it up in the fourth quarter with four minutes to go," continued the Indians' head coach, who has been reported leaving for similiar duties at North Carolina State and Maryland of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Holtz's referral to the Indians' collapse in the final and deciding quarter viously pointed to Richmond's Field Goal 21-19 Loss with 5-6 overall and 4-1 inside the league. "The best team won the championship," said a business-like Lou Holtz after is club had suffered its fourth straight defeat, all of them in the fourth period, despite owning leads in each contest. Richmond 25 43-340 100 27 1-11-1 2-40 1 61 WftM 25 35-109 294 16 71-33-2 1-29 2 17 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized third touchdown in the game, a 10'yard sprint by quarterback Ken Nichols with 1:59 left. Nichols, who carried the brunt of the Spider attack along with tailback Billy Meyers (161 yards on 27 carries), put Richmond on top on I i It i HOLTZ: SPIDERS 'HETTER' TEAM a play-action maneuver that called for the junior signal-caller to roll to his left with either flanker Jerry Haynes or fullback Barty Smith his intended receiver.

However, Nichols, alertly seeing both receivers covered, reversed his field, and sprinted to the right behind a wall of blockers to sprint untouched into the end zone for the TD, giving Richmond the lead, 20-19. "That was a big play. No doubt about it," offered Jones, amid a mob of zealous Spider fans, who crowded into the Spider locker room. "The play called for Nichols to go left, but he saw things were crowded there, and took off. I didn't call the play that way .1 wish I had I See In, Page D-8, Col.

1 Tribe's ''-Missed. Kicks Fatal By DWAYNE HARTNETT Daily Press Sports Writer WILLIAMSBURG' A frigid fourth quarter ruined William and Mary's tangerine crop Saturday afternoon. It also cost the Indians a second-straight Southern Conference football championship as Richmond's Spiders pulled off a stunning 21-19 upset before 13,000 Parents Day. fans at Cary Stadium. Richmond's triumph not only gained Coach Frank Jones' Cinderella team its third SC title in the past five seasons, all under Jones, it assured the Spiders a berth opposite Toledo in the Tangerine Bowl, set for Dec.

28 in Orlando, Fla. The Spiders will carry a 5-5 overall and 5-1 conference ledger into the post-season bowl game. ended its season UK e4f A- season when triumphed miraculously, 34-33. The Indians of Coach Lou Holtz, had "run the gamut" from rags to riches and back again and a broad interpretation of "what did I tell you?" simply bore out the traditional warning that form charts are nigh-useless in this time-ripened series. Saturday's heart-quickening battle and climax was no exception and explanations were almost as varied as the scripts used in this 81-games-old Since the spoils belong to the victor, Coach Frank Jones fended off even most vague references to his team's forthcoming bowl oppo-See Nichols, Page D-8, Cols.

2-4 By CHARLES KARMOSKY Daily Press Sports Editor WILLIAMSBURG "We've run the gamut," a handsome William and Mary student said to his tall, comely girlfriend while awaiting the Indians' torment-delayed exit from their dressing quarters in the last hour of a beautiful Fall Saturday afternoon. "What did I tell ya?" was the comment of an elderly alumnus to a younger one hovering in the same vicinity) These quotations sum up best what happened as the arch-rival Spiders outmuscled the Tribe, 21-19, to win the Southern Conference title and a journey to' the Tangerine Bowl, reversing the dramatic windup of the 1970 711 -19 Richmond William ft Mary Mosser 10 past from Oaroano IDodds kick) Rich Smith 7 pass from Nichols CCIerk kick) Rich Nichols 21 run (Clark kick) Regan 1 run (kick (ailed) Mosser 19 past from Gargano (run failed) Rich-Nicholt 10 run (Clark kh) A-1 3,000. SPIDERS' BILLY MEYERS DRAGS INDIAN TACKLER THREE YARDS Paul Scolaro And Company Had This Much Trouble Stopping Richmond Runner All Day. Wins SmdherM Tops Brokas Hot, R-M Shaded, 17-13, Defensive Play Paces 17-8 Tussle Moccasins Romp, 31-8 Chattanooaa VMI Behind Great Rally By BILL BECK Daily Press Sports Writer ASHLAND Bowl-bound Hampden-Sydney cams charging from behind and defeated Randolph-Macon, 17-13, Saturday at Day Field for its first undefeated, football season in 65 years. The Tigers who will play Bridgeport In the Knute First downs i 11 Rushes-yards 44-111 37-54 Passing yardage 345 189 Return vardaae 132 8 1 Passes 19-33-1 12-38-3 Punts 7-34 Br39 Fumbles lost 3 1 Yards penalized 77 32 H-S 10 46-119 92 R-M 10 47-28 119 124 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost 30 1 I 10-21-4 10-23-1 8-31 10-32 1 0 51 15 Yards penalized tSnHMNHHffifflHMIlMBSa if mi maiiir iinii aiiawtiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiMiniiiTi 'irfOiiiiiirtiiii in iMttmim --n'-f-- rnrrrfM ii'l Bob Abbamonte to the 1.

Beverly then scored on a slant off tackle and A. J. Sligh kicked the extra point with 7:44 to play for a 7-0 lead for R-M. Striking again, the Jackets took over on their 37 and in 10 plays featured by the ninning of Beverly and Toan's passing hit for their second touchdown with Toan scoring from the 1 with 1:29 left in the initial quarter and a possible upset brewing in the traditional Little Eight and Mason-Dixon Conference football classic. Sligh's placement went to the right of the crossbar and it was R-M 13-0.

The Tigers, apparently thinking about the Knuta See H-S Rallies, Pg. D-7, Col. 2 I. Miss. Vi.

Tech First downs 13 Rushes-yards 44-117 30-153 Passing yardage 225 173 Passet 19-22-1 1W0-2 Punts 7-39 1-37 Fumbles lost 2 2 Yards penalized 41 34 By CHUCK FRAINIE Daily Press Sports Writer BLACKSBURG If Virginia Tech Head Coach Charlie Coffey dreamed Saturday night. It must have been a series of nightmares. What he certainly would bave been dreaming about was his Gobblers' 17-8 defeat at the hands of upstart Southern Mississippi which spoiled Parents' Day for 22,000 frostbitten fans. Coffey's nightmares began shortly after the 1:30 p.m. kickoff as the "Big Gold" as the Southerners are called in their native Hattiesburg, Miss.

kept his air-minded offense caged behind midfield and did not give up a first See Holsinger's, Pg. D-7 Col. 2 Southern Mississippi 7 7 0 317 Virginia Tech 0 0 0 8 Miss Heidelburq 5 run (Guy kick) Miss Broussard 10 pass from Done-gan (Guy kick) Mlss-FG Guy 44 Tech Strock 2 run (Valentin run) A 22,000 Rockne Bowl in Convention Hall at Atlantic City, N.J., Friday ended the season with a 10-0 record the first undo-feated year since 1906 when they had a 1-0 record under Coach O. M. Gardner.

The Yellow Jackets gave Coach Stokeley B'ulton's charges all they could handlo Saturday before 6,500 standing-room-only fans by taking a 13-0 lead with 1:29 left to play in the first quarter. Randopph-Macon's first touchdown was set up when fumbled on his 32 and the ball was pounced on by the Jackets' Byron Gordon. On the first play from scrimmage, quarterback Doug Toan hit tailback Nu Nu Beverly with a 15-yard pass followed by a second to back By GEORGE WATSON Daily Press Sports Writer LEXINGTON Observers at Virginia Military Institute's Alumni Field may have felt they were watching the "Frustration Bowl" Saturday afternoon. Both the homestanding Key-deta and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga entered their skirmish with only one victory apiece for their season's efforts. A pro-style sophomore quarterback and an array of defensive giants changed all of that.

They ended Chattanooga's frustrations and prolonged those of the Key-dets with a 31-8 victory over the outmanhed hosts. Chattanooga closed out Its season with a 2-9 mark while the Keydets have one last chance to improve their 1-9 ledger in their finale against Big Five rival Virginia Tech next week. For all practical purpose, the Moccasins sewed up the contest in the first half when they built a 24-0 advantage. Coach Bob Thalman's Key-See One, Page D-7. Col.

1 0 14 3 0-17 13 0 0 0-13 Hampden-Sydney Randolph -Macon ft RM Beverly 20 run (Sligh kick) RM Toan 1 run (kick failed) HS Tucker 1 run (Paae kick) HS Shelor 28 pass from Long (Pag kick) HS FO Page 30 A 5,600 OH NO! THIS ONE YOU DON'T CATCH VMI's Walt Chalkley Breaks Up Chattanooga Pass. SOUTHERN MISS RUNNER SHAKES OFF V.P.I. TACKLERS Willie Heidclburg Lowers Head And Powers Over Gobbler Goal Line Cavaliers Jar Terps, 29-27, Tar Heels Lash Duke, 38-0, Accept Bid To Gator Bowl 0-31 Chattanooga 7 17 7 8- 8 Virginia Military ooo OnB pot In Waning Seconds Chat Stafford 50 pass from Brokas (Brokas kick) Chat Brokas 5 run (Brokas kick) Chat FG Brokas 33 Chat Turner 6 pass from Brokas (Brokas kick) Chat Stafford 0) pass from Brokas (Brokas kick) VMI Jaworskl 18 pass from Beitzel (Clayton pass from Beltzel) A 3,500 North Carolina Duke First Downs 18 16 Rushes-yards 59-257 53-156 Passing yardage 119 118 Return yardage 0 18 land was more so and by intermission was down 23-7. That set the stage for a great comeback, which was nullified when mustachioed Virginia Maryland 29 23 51-210 43-189 214 183 123 222 14-40-2 18-28-9 7-37 5-35 1 5 44 57 By BOB MOSKOWITZ Daily Press Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. Late in the fourth quarter Saturday afternoon, a First downs Rushing Yardeqe Passing Yardage Return Yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards Penalized Passes 7-13-1 9-25-3 Punts 6-43 4-33 Fumbles lost 0 0 Yards penalized 38 43 What's Inside tack, opening holes in the center of Duke's defense.

Rusnak, a Prince George native, is a strong candidate for all-ACC honors. Quarterback Paul Miller directed the victors' offense up the middle, well aware of the absence of Duke's fine middle linebacker Bob Fitch, who was sidelined with an injury. Jolley, who switched to the tailback spot three weeks ago, finished the regular season as the Tar Heels' leading rusher (712 yards), leading pass receiver (23 receptions) and leading scorer (68 points). The victors took advantage See Jolley, Page D-5, Cols. 1-3 3) Michigan (No, versity of Virginia walked away a 29-27 conqueror of the Terrapins.

The Atlantic Coast Confe-, rence victory left the Cavaliers in a season-ending tie for third with Wake Forest and Duke at 2-4 in the league. It left them, too, with a 3-8, record in their first year under Don Lawrence. The final success was a pulse-stopper in the end. In the beginning it was a the fans. Both teams were painfully inept.

Mary- photographer on the sidelines threw down the crutches he had been using all afternoon. For the first time he propelled himself unaided. It was as if a miracle were -unfolding. At the time it seemed that way, too, for the University of Maryland's happily stunned supporters. As- the last shadows finally fell over Byrd Stadium, however, the photographer was on crutches again and the Urn mark, the best since a 9-0-1 finish by the 1948 Charlie Justice-led Tar Heels.

The victors accepted a bid by Gator Bowl general manager George Olson after the impressive triumph. Ironically, North Carolina's only other Gator Bowl visit came in 1963 after earning a share of the ACC title with North Carolina State. Jolley, a 211-pound senior, rambled for 159 yards and the first three touchdowns as the victors coasted to a 24-0 bulge after three quarters. Junior interior linemen Ron Rusnak and Jerry Sain led the aggressive Tar Heel at By MIKE KEECII Daily Press Sports Writer DURHAM, N.C.- Happiness is the heroics of tailback Lewis Jolley, an Atlantic Coast Conference championship and a trip to the Gator Bowl. Color it Carolina blue as visiting NorthCarolina thrashed arch-rival Duke, 38-0, before the fourth largest crowd in Wade Stadium history Saturday afternoon.

'S. 's South Boston Sophomore Billy Maxwell kicked his third field goal of the game. The first was from 35 yards away and the second 38. The third, which came with only 18 seconds remaining in the wild fray, was from 22 yards away. "I knew it was good when I took my step," recalled the 6-foot-l, 19-year-old, who said he found himself in the 6-0 loss to Virginia Tech.

Even then, Lawrence conceded the boot came a few seconds too early. "We wanted to get our last time out with around 16 seconds left, but we had to go for the field goal then. We couldn't See Turnovers, P. D-8, Cols. 6-8 EPK ap 1 Pill ''w 1 "WW -y if I Ohio State 7 (Story, Page D-2) Penn State (No.

6) 55 Pittsburgh 18 (Story, Page D-3) Colorado (No. 10) 53 Air Force 17 (Story, PageD-4) Tennessee (No. 11) 21 Kentucky 7 (Story, PageD-4) Southern Cal (No. 15) 7 UCLA. 7 (Story, Page D-3) Stanford (No.

18) 14 California 0 (Story, Page D-10) Northwestern 28 Michigan State (No. 19) 7 (Story, Page D-5) 10 13 3 3-29 0 7 11 927 Virginia Maryland North Carolina Duke 0 10 14 1438 t(0 VA-35 FG Maxwell VA-Merritt 12 run (Maxwell kick) VA-H. Davis 7 run (Maxwell kick) MD-Shelton 1 run (Behbahanl kick) VA-Lacey i pass from Albert (kick blocked) MD-27 FG Behbahanl VA-38 FG Maxwell MD-Shelton 6 pass from Neville (White pass from Neville) MO-20 FG Behbahanl MD-Shuqars 1 run (Past Incomplete) VA 22 FO Maxwell A-1200. Some 51,500 spectators jammed the Blue Devils' arena as the Tar Heels clinched their first outright ACC crown ever with a 6-0 conference record. Overall, Bill Dooley's charges ended the campaign with a 9-2 UNC-FG Craven 20 UNCIolley 4 run (Craven kick) UNC Jolley 8 run (Craven kick) UNC Jolley 1 run (Craven kick) UN Taylor pass from Miller (Craven kick) UNC Leverem 27 pass from Kllse (Craven kick) A POST-SEASON PICTURE TAKES SHAPE ft 1 i Bowl, Bowl, Who'll Host The Top Bowl? ii Malor Bowls at Glance Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Jan, Michigan, 11-0, vs.

Stanford, 8-3. Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Jan, 1: Penn State, 10-0, vs. Arkansas, 8-2-1. or Texas, I I 'J i i I i A 7-2. Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, Jan.

It Okla noma, 9-0, vs. Autmrn, 9-0. Orange Bowl, Miami, Jan. It Nebraska, 10-0, vs. Alabama, 104.

Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Dec. II: North Carolina, 9-2, vs. Georgia, 9-1. Peach Bowl, Atlanta, Dec. 30: Georgia lina, 9-2, accepted invites to meet in the Gator Bowl, matching brothers, Vince and Bill Dooley respectively.

Also named to bowls were Georgia Tech a.id Mississippi in the Peach Bowl; Tennessee, 7-2, against an unannounced opponent (possibly Arkansas) the Liberty Bowl; Iowa State, 7-3, and Louisiana State in the Sun Bowl; and Richmond and Toledo in the Tangerine Bowl; aska-Oklahoma collision at Norman, Okla. and Saturday's Alabama-Auburn clash at Bir-mingham. None of the four were in action Saturday, but No. 3 Michigan was. The Wolverines bound for the Rose Bowl opposite Stanford of the Pacific-8, came away with their first perfect regular-season record in 21 years with a 10-7 victory over Ohio State.

Penn State, No. 8, which disposed of outmanned Pitt, accepted a bid to play From Wire Dispathcs Who's got the championship bowl? Miami or New Orleans. How about Pasadena or Dallas? Top-ranked Nebraska accepted a bid Saturday to play No. 4 Alabama in Miami's Orange Bowl while No, 2 Oklahoma elected to take on fifth-ranked Auburn in the Sugar Bowl at New Oi lcans. However, the rankings could be severely scrambled following Thursday's Nebr in the Cotton Bowl against the Southwest Conference champion, Texas or Arkansas.

Texas, 7-2, must get past arch-rival Texas on Thanksgiving Day to meet the Nittany Lions. Should Texas lose to the Aggies, Arkansas will represent the SWC in the Dallas-based bowl. In other bowl developments, Colorado, a 53-17 victor over the Air Force, accepted a bid to face Houston in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl; ninth-ranked Georgia and North Caro- Tech, 6-4, vs. Mississippi, e-z. Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, Dec.

28 Richmond, 5-5, vs. Toledo, Ohio, 10-0. Fiesta Bowl, Tempe, Dec, 27: Arizona State, 8-1, vs. selection unan nounced. Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Dee.

20' Tennessee, 7-2, vs. selection unannounced Sun Bowl, El Paso, Dec. 18: Iowa Slate, 7-3, vs. selection unannounced, Pasadena Bowl, Pasadena, Dee 18: Memphis State, 44, vs. PCAA champion (undecided) TERItAPIN HALTED AFTER GOOD (JAIN BLUE DEVIL (JETS JOLT FROM TAR HEEL Linebacker Jim Webster Collars Rich Searl Carl Shcllon Is Stopped Following 13-yard Jaunt.